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Frankenstein

Frankenstein. Katie Nelson and Maria Welser. Mary shelley. Born to two famous writers in 1797 (William Godwin and Mary Wollstencraft ) Mother passed away when she was 11 days old Married Percy Shelley (a poet) First child (girl) died and second child (boy) lived in 1816.

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Frankenstein

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  1. Frankenstein Katie Nelson and Maria Welser

  2. Mary shelley • Born to two famous writers in 1797 (William Godwin and Mary Wollstencraft) • Mother passed away when she was 11 days old • Married Percy Shelley (a poet) • First child (girl) died and second child (boy) lived in 1816

  3. Science of the time • Galvanism- visuals • Spontaneous generation • “resurrectioners” • Shelley on post industrialism and Darwinism • What was a scientist? Natural philosopher

  4. Connections to Modern technology • Cloning • Euthanasia • Animal organs used for human transplants • Abortion • Stem cell research

  5. Creation of the novel • Summer spent in Geneva 1816 where she had the dream and began writing (coldest summer on record) • 1818 Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus, published anonymously in three volumes • 1831 revision for production in Bentley’s Standard Novels, in which she includes an introduction on her inspiration

  6. Adjectives of the creature • Yellowish, watery eyes • Lustrous, black hair • Yellow skin • Showing the outline of veins and muscles • White teeth • Black lips • 8 feet tall • “miserable monster” • “wretch” • “demon” • “vile insect” • “fiend” • “creature” • “superhuman” • Abhorred • “treacherous” • “unearthly ugliness”

  7. Evolution of the Monster: Film • 1931- Boris Karloff “green monster” • 1957- (AIP) teenage Frankenstein • 1958- nuclear power/ clone • 1958- Frankensteins’ daughter • 1973- Blackenstein • 1985- Bride adaptation • 1987- Monster Squad • 1994- Robert Di Niro- divered very heavily • 2004- Van Helsing • 2005- Frankenstein vs. The Creature of Blood Cove • 2006- Perfect Woman • 2006- Subject Two • 2012- Hotel Transylvania • 2014- “I, Frankenstein”

  8. Evolution of the novel: Staged • 1823- Presumption • 1887- Frankensteim, The Vampire’s Victim • 1981- Broadway adaptation played for one performance • 2007- Young Frankenstein • 2011- Frankenstein adapted by the Royal National Theatre

  9. Iconic still today • Responsibility • Innocence vs guilt (creature aware of harm) • Abandonment (judgemental) • Dangers of knowledge (whats the ending point?) • Sublime nature • Monstrosity (De Lacey house)

  10. Timeline of novel • Victor loses his mother and leaves for Ingolstadt at the age of 17 • Several years pass as he learns and creates the Creature (9 months of creation) • The Creature observes the De Laceys for about a year • Two years after that the Creature finds Victor and confesses Williams murder and asks for a female companion • Another few years pass and Victor stops the production of the female • Victor is accused of Henry’s murder and is in jail for two months, marrying Elizabeth after • He searches for the Creature for five months until reaching Walton’s ship

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